Top Ten Tuesday | Making the Grade

August 15, 2016

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Aside from a few places within the States, I’m not what one
would call a seasoned traveler. In fact most of the trips I have taken involved
wide open spaces and had a warm hug waiting at the end of a long 13 hour drive.
Translation: said road trips involved visiting my grandmother. My lack of
travel experience isn’t for want of wishing
to see some of America’s wonders or even, perhaps, in my wildest dreams
parts of Europe, but stars don’t always align. It’s for this reason (#2,847)
that books give us all such a joyful experience.

Top Ten Books With X Setting (top ten books set near the
beach, top ten book set in boarding school, top ten books set in England, etc)

Though I wasn’t sure which direction I wanted to go with
this prompt, I decided to scratch going straight British because we did
recently talk about books that took place overseas. Also, I recently watched
the pilot of Gossip Girl (definitely
something I "get" being addicting, but golly, the drama would do me in), which helped
inspiring today’s topic. As a result, I went with the boarding school (or a “private,” “prep,” “elite” school however you wish to coin it) prompt though my intention may have been for nothing as many of these are
British set.

Still, since boarding school is (thankfully) not something I
ever experienced nor is it something I read much of in books, I decided to
feature some books set in a boarding school that I’m interested in reading.

1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte | I had to laugh at myself
for adding this one since saying I’m a classic lit novice would be an understatement.
That said, I do adore this story as a cinematic masterpiece (so much so that I
have a review of a certain version and blog post left unpublished on my trusty
USB file blog folder). Plus, it’s one of the most famous “boarding school”
stories I’d wager. Amazon | Goodreads

2. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett | Say what?!
Another classic on my list? Yeah, so… that happened! Again, I don’t know if I
read this one in school or not, but either way, I adore it as a story. Amazon |
Goodreads

3. Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carringer | These novels
look, sound and no doubt are, fierce. I’d love to read them in the near future
because I’m unfamiliar with the steampunk genre with exception to one or two
books. Amazon | Goodreads

4. I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have To Kill You by
Ally Carter | This is another one on my must-read-ASAP list. They might be well
past my target reading age, but as someone who loves spy stories (read: once addicted
to Alias and Covert Affairs), these look way too fun. Amazon | Goodreads

Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg | If there's a hint of Jane Austen, I'm so there! Which is why I'm puzzled as to why I've not yet read this one. Must. Remedy. Amazon | Goodreads

7. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins | Another one I've been meaning to read for eons. In fact this one is sitting pretty on my bookshelf as we speak. Amazon | Goodreads

8. Mandie and the Secret Tunnel by Lois Gladys Leppard | Added this one for nostalgia's sake. Read these as a young kid, and though I didn't make it through the entire series, what I did read were awfully cute. Amazon | Goodreads

9. Hello, I Love You by Katie M. Stout | Read this one last summer, and the result was a quirky and sweet little YA contemporary romcom. Has anyone else read it? Amazon | Goodreads

10. Prep School Confidential by Kara Taylor | I've read some friends reviews of this one, and it sounds interesting, so yeah, why not add it to today's list!? (That's reason enough!) Amazon | Goodreads

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What books do you like that are set in an exclusive boarding
school or any kind of “unique” school setting? Comment down below with your
bookish or not-so-bookish thoughts! I’d be glad to chat with you.

Jane Eyre! I love Jane Eyre. I just talked about how much I love Jane Eyre and rated some of the various film adaptions this week. She's been on my brain! And A Little Princess - classic! :) Great list!

I have liked the boarding school books I've read. The Carriger and Ally Carter books do sound fun (steampunk and British seem like a nice combo) and some of those others look good too. The last prep school/ academy book I read was Sanctuary Bay, which I liked.

A Study in Charlotte is definitely on my must read soon list! One that I read in childhood and loved was Charlotte Sometimes - a sort of fantasy set in a boarding school in England of course lol. My TTT

I've not read it (that I can 100% recall), though to be honest with the way my memory is, I might have when I was a kid. Either way, it is a lovely story. :) Thanks so much for visiting, Risa. Nice to meet you. :)

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